Washing-machine.



F. H. WHITOOMB & R. R. FAULKNER.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1906.

Patented Mar.29, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK H. WHITCOMB AND RAY R. FAULKNER, OF MARION, INDIANA, ASSIGNORS OFONE-THIRD TO SAID WHITCOMB, ONE-THIRD TO JOSEPH E. FAULKNER, AND ONE-THIRD '10 HARLEY O. FAULKNER.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 21, 1906. Serial No. 322,765.

Patented Mar. 2.), 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'tha-t we, FRANK. H. \Vm'r- COMB and RAY R. F AULKNER,citizens of the United States, residing at Marion, in the county ofGrant and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful \Vashing-hIachine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to washing machines of that type utilizingoscillatory tubs or receptacles, and its object is to provide the tubwith rubbers or deflectors of novel form designed during the oscillationof the tub to retard the movement of the fabrics therein and at the sametime permit the moving body of water to pass through the fabric andrubbers.

A further object is to provide rubbers so shaped as to deflect portionsof the water dashed thereagainst so that the same will be directed uponthe fabrics contained within the machine.

Another object is to provide a tub so shaped that the bottom thereofconstitutes throwing means for directing the water against the rubbersat either end thereof the top of the tub being so positioned that itwill in no sense interfere with the movement of the water while beingthrown in the manner stated.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts which will behereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of theinvention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section throughthe machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a section online 33, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail View of one of the rubbers. Fig. 5is a section through one end portion of the tub and showing rubbers ofmodified construction in position therein.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 10 designates a tubmade up of side walls 11, a bottom 12, and end walls 13 and 14. Thesides are preferably parallel and the bottom is flat and merges into theend walls which are curved along lines slightly eccentric to trunnions10 and 41 extending from brackets 42 and 43 which are fastened to siderails 22 and 23 arranged alongthe upper edges of the sides 11 andconnected at one end by a cross bar 24 while their other ends extendbeyond the tub and are connected by a handle 25. Trunnions 40 and 41bear within brackets 36 and 37 which are mounted on legs 34 and 35respectively which are in turn braced transversely by means of crossstrips 38 and 39. An arm 14 is secured upon and extends upward from oneof the legs 35 and its upper end has an eye designed to receive alocking pin l5 which is insertible into one of the side strips 23 whenthe tub is in a predetermined position. Said tub can thus be lockedagainst movement relative to the rails. The ends 13 2111(114: of the tubare turned inwardly at their upper edges as shown at 15 and 16 toconstitute supports for top sections 17 and 18. These to J sections aredesigned to rest upon the sic es 1]. and to be retained againsthorizontal displacement by the strips 22, 23 and 24. An upstanding crossstrip 19 is located upon the tub adjacent its center and is designed tobe engaged by a clothes wringer. A removable cover 20 is interposedbetween this strip 19 and top section 17 and has a handle 21 whereby itcan be readily raised from osition. Arranged upon the inner face of theend wall 13 are metal plates 26 extending throughout the width of thetub and having their inner portions bent upward as indicated at 27,there being a plurality of apertures 28 within each plate so as topermit water to freely pass therethrough. End flanges 29 are formedintegral with each plate and are fastened to the side walls 11 so as tosecurely hold the plates in position. These plates constitute rubbersand are used in the manner hereinafter set forth and correspondingplates 30 having upturned ends 31 are arranged upon the inner face ofwall 14: and provided with end flanges 33 for attachment to the walls11. These plates 30 are also provided with apertures 32 similar to theopenings 28.

As shown in Fig. 1 preferably three rubbers are employed within each endof the tub, the two upper rubbers of each set being arranged alongparallel lines while the lower rubber is disposed at an angle thereto.The upturned portion of this lower rubber overhangs the flat bottom ofthe tub and the corresponding portions of the upper rubbers are steppedrelatively thereto. The angle to the horizontal of the upturned portions27 of the upper rubbers is greater than that of the correspondingportion of the lower rubbers as clearly indicated in Fig. 1. In usingthe machine herein described the fabrics to be cleaned are placed withinthe tub with a suitable quantity of water after which the operator rocksthe machine upon trunnions 40 and 4:1. The flat bottom 12 will operateto throw a portion of the water upwardly toward the upper end of the tuband a large portion of the water will also be thrown with the fabricsagainst those of the rubbers adjacent the bottom end of the tub. Theclothes will be held against further movement by the rubbers while thewater will freely pass through them and through the openings in therubbers, thus removing dirt from them. By upturning the inner ends ofthe rubbers they act as deflectors for a portion of the water thrownagainst them and serve to direct the water inwardly onto the clotheswhile a portion of the water is passing through the clothes and rubbers.It will be noted that the top of the tub is flat and arranged out of thepath of the water thrown by the flat bottom 12. It is to be understoodthat, when dethis construction will not have the advantages incident tothe arrangement and construction shown in Fig. 1.

hat is claimed is:

A washing machine including a supporting structure, a tub mountedthereon and consisting of side walls, trunnions outstanding therefromand mounted on the structure, a bottom and end walls, said bottommerging into the end walls and said end walls being curved along lineseccentric to the trunnions, apertured plates arranged be tween the sidewalls and against said end walls, said plates being disposed one abovethe other and having end flanges secured to the side walls, each platehaving its inner portion inclined upwardly toward the top of the tub,said inclined portion constituting water deflecting means.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK H. \VHITCOMB. RAY R. FAULKNER. lVitnesses E. F. FERREE, OSCAR N.BOYD.

